I'd avoid Bellator like the plague
Roger Hollete (sp)
Tyson Nam
Jonathan Brookins
Eddie Alvarez
All have tried to leave and all of had problems with their shady contracts in the case of Nam if your going to let the fighter go let him go don't start with this Exclusive rights s---

well eddie wasnt the champ and you can see its still hard to get out of their contracts

I don't even post in that thread any more sick of repeating myself in it.
It was the Nam the situation that really made me hate the people that run bellator that was just scummy
look how they treat their former champs Zack Makovski (sp I know its terrible ) GONE thrown to the side one fight after losing the belt WTF ?!?!
Guess Frankie Edgar would hate it over there

Not sure I really understand the poll. Lose on purpose to get out of Bellator? How the hell does that make sense? Your stock would plummet and you'd have to fight in some no-name circuit to get noticed again. 98% of these guys are not household names yet.

if i would still get the same deal from the ufc then yes. if i fought for bellator and my contract was up and they did this sh!t with me and i was forced to resign i would probably do stuff like guida did against maynard and if i fought for the title i would miss weight just as a f*ck you to bellator

Eddie should have taken a loss and signed the damned contract what's a few PPV dollars amongst friends? We probably would have seen Chandler v Alvarez II bye now, and anyone who didn't see the first fight then you missed one heIIuva good Scrap. The amount of money offered is quite substantial and if it wasnt for Belator he wouldn't have all the fame and bargaining power to begin with. Loyalty is a two way street. Maybe he just doesn't want anything to do with fighting Chandler again?...Nah he saw what Lombard got and almost Drowned on his Saliva

I'd avoid Bellator like the plague
Roger Hollete (sp)
Tyson Nam
Jonathan Brookins
Eddie Alvarez
All have tried to leave and all of had problems with their shady contracts in the case of Nam if your going to let the fighter go let him go don't start with this Exclusive rights s---

wasn't there a similar situation with Dave Herman also? yeah if i was a fighter i would never fight in bellator unless it was just a 1 fight deal in my hometown, but even then i would be sure to read the contract carefully, if they let me. i know Jordan Rinaldi was offered a bellator contract and when his manager asked to read the contract they pulled it. there was obviously something in there that bellator didn't want them to see and hoped that they would just sign it without reading it. if i was a manager and bellator called i wouldnt even pick up the phone